Integrated commercial rooftop-cooling system. Final report on phase I and II, September 1986-October 1989
The initial development of a liquid-desiccant dehumidifier/cooler that is designed to process the ventilation air to a commercial building is described. The unit uses a unique three-way heat exchanger that both dehumidifies the ventilation air to building and rejects the latent heat to a cooling air stream. Both a computer model of the dehumidifier's performance and bench-top test of key components were used to develop a cost-effective design. Two full-scale models of the unit were constructed and installed as part of the HVAC system of two commercial buildings. The roof-top installations were straight forward. The dehumidifiers integrated well with the operation of the existing HVAC systems, and were effective to relieving the buildings' existing HVAC systems of the latent loads.
- Research Organization:
- Somerset Technologies, Inc., NJ (United States). Kathabar Div.
- OSTI ID:
- 5235605
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-180470/XAB; CNN: GRI-5086-293-1339
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also PB88-213889 and PB91-102004. Prepared in cooperation with Tecogen, Inc., Waltham, MA. Sponsored by Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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